Press releases

  • PR: Indian Peacekeeper Wins 2023 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award
    28 May 2024 - New York, 28 May 2024 - An Indian military peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) will receive the 2023 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. 
  • PR: MONUSCO strongly condemns the deadly bombing of IDP sites in Goma
    03 May 2024 - Kinshasa, May 03, 2024: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Ms Bintou Keita, condemns in the strongest possible terms the bombing of displaced persons' sites in Lac-Vert and Mugunga (13-15 km from Goma/North Kivu) on Friday.
  • PR: MONUSCO ceases operations in South Kivu Province
    30 Apr 2024 - Kinshasa, 30 April 2024: The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) is ceasing its operations today in South Kivu Province.At the request of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government, the United Nations (UN) Security Council decided in its Resolution 2717 (December 2023), that the Mission will withdraw its Force from South Kivu by the end of April 2024 and w
  • PR:MONUSCO’s Chinese contingent donates assets valued at $US 7 million to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    29 Apr 2024 - Kinshasa, April 29, 2024: The People’s Republic of China’s Peacekeeping contingent with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) transferred ownership of assets valued at $US 7.3 million to the Congolese government.
  • PR:UN’s Pakistani Peacekeepers to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo after more than 20 years of service
    25 Apr 2024 - Kinshasa, April 25, 2024: More than 20 years after their arrival in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), theUnited Nations (UN) Peacekeepers from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan are preparing to leave the country. Thecontingent has constituted the bulk of the UN’s troops deployed in South Kivu province and their importantcontributions to peace consolidation and security was recognized during a tribute ceremony today.
  • PR: MONUSCO base transfer is first handover to DRC Armed Forces in context of disengagement from South Kivu
    19 Apr 2024 - Bunyakiri, 19 April 2024 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) today handed over the Bunyakiri base to the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), the first transfer to military authorities in the context of the Mission’s disengagement from South Kivu province.
  • PR: MONUSCO’s Chinese Peacekeepers to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    09 Apr 2024 - Kinshasa, April 09, 2024: After more than 20 years of service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations Peacekeepers from the People’s Republic of China are leaving the country. A ceremony was organized today to pay tribute to their contribution to the consolidation of peace and security in the province of South Kivu, where they were deployed.
  • PR: MONUSCO condemns the attack that wounded 8 peacekeepers in Saké (North Kivu)
    16 Mar 2024 - Kinshasa, March 16, 2024: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), Ms. Bintou Keita, condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on peacekeepers that took place on March 16 in Saké.
  • PR: MONUSCO transfers its Kamanyola base to the Congolese authorities
    28 Feb 2024 - Kamanyola, 28 February 2024: The Head of MONUSCO, Ms Bintou Keita, today handed over MONUSCO's first base to the Government of the DR Congo, as part of its disengagement from the country.
  • PR: United Nations condemn attacks against its personnel in Kinshasa and calls for investigations
    10 Feb 2024 - Kinshasa, February 10, 2024: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Head of MONUSCO, Ms Bintou Keita, condemns the series of attacks on United Nations staff in Kinshasa on Saturday February 10 and calls on the Congolese judicial authorities to launch investigations with a view to prosecuting the perpetrators.

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